Chorney Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Chorney Early Origins

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The surname Chorney was first found in Austria, where since ancient times the Cherney family made important contributions to the development of the district. Being prominent in social affairs, the family formed alliances with other notable families during the region's most turbulent events.

Chorney Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cherney, Chernay, Cherne, Czerne, Czerney, Czerny, Czernay, Chernie, Chernee, Charnie, Charnee, Charney, Charnay, Czarny, Charni, Charny, Czarni, Cerney and many more.

Chorney Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chorney research. Another 227 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1800, 1791, 1857, 1880 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Chorney History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chorney Early Notables (pre 1700)

During this period prominent bearers of the name Chorney were Karl Czerny (1791-1857), who was a student of Beethoven and who afterward became a great pianist and teacher...

Another 28 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Chorney Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Cerney, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1848. M. Charney settled in Texas around the middle of the nineteenth century; while John Czerny settled in America in 1871..

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Other References

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Brechenmacher, Josef Karlmann. Deutches Namenbuch. Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp, 1928. Print.
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
Göbel, Otto. Niederdeutsche Familiennamen der Gegenwart Wolfshagen-Schäbentz. Franz: Westphal, 1936. Print.
Bahlow, Hans (Edda Gentry trns). Dictionary of German Names . Madison, Wisconsin: Max Kade Institute, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-924119-35-7).
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Gritzner, M. Handbuch der heraldischen Terminologie in zwölf Zungen. Nürnberg: 1890. Print.
Haverkamp, Alfred. Medieval Germany 1056-1273 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print.
Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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The Chorney Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Chorney Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 8 October 2014 at 14:32.